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The Philosophical Aesthetics of Dance: Identity, Performance, and Understanding by Graham McFee. 2011. Binsted, Hampshire, UK: Dance Books Ltd. xvii + 342 pp., appendix, bibliography, notes, index. $34.95 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2013

Aili Bresnahan
Aili Bresnahan*
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University of Dayton
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Dance Research Journal , Volume 45 , Issue 2 , August 2013 , pp. 142 - 145
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Copyright © Congress on Research in Dance 2013 

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